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Brannon Braga: May Hand Show to Chris Black or Manny Coto; Plus: His New Series

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By Steve Krutzler / 10:50, 25 May 2004 / Enterprise

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE co-creator and executive producer Brannon Braga tells the readers of Dreamwatch magazine he may step back for next season. Speaking in the new issue, just available in the United Kingdom, Braga talks about the ups and downs of the make-or-break third season.

"After 14 years of STAR TREK I can tell you there's always a ratio of excellent to good to fair to poor episodes, and I think this year that ratio has been the best of any STAR TREK show I've worked on," Braga says of ENT S3. "There have been less stinkers this year. I don't know if that's because of the Xindi arc or giving episodes that may have been marginal more urgency."

The future of his role as the show's chief steward is uncertain going into the fourth season.

"I'm not sure what my involvement will be," Braga says. "I may take a step back. I feel like after this season, I'm not sure how I can top myself."

The exec says if he does take a step back, two of ENTEPRISE's writer/producers may be in line to fill the day-to-day "showrunner" position.

"I may well give more responsibility to one of the other writers on the show, like Chris Black or Manny Coto."

Black is currently working on the USA Network television pilot FRANKENSTEIN and his status on the ENTERPRISE staff at this point has yet to be confirmed. Coto joined the group this season and penned such episodes as "Similitude," "Chosen Realm," "Harbinger" and "The Council." Black has been around since season one and contributed fan favorites like "Cease Fire," "First Flight" and "Countdown."

Braga also hinted at the new television series he is currently developing with ENTERPRISE partner Rick Berman. He says it will be more grounded than STAR TREK.

"It's sci-fi but it's sci-fi writ small," he says. "...not sci-fi with people in spaceships, with aliens running around."

For much more from Braga, check out Dreamwatch issue #118, available Thursday in the UK and June 15th in the U.S.



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RE: This is truly a joyous and pivotal moment in STAR TREK history! | Report this post to moderator
By: TRexx (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:50:32 on May 25, 2004

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Interestingly enough, BrannonBraga.com has put up a new title at the top of the page, one which has a sloppy collage of Picard, Janeway, and Archer, and a profile which I can only think is a picture of a constipated Braga straining to create science fiction.


That constipated profile is of Tom Cruise from Mission Impossible II, for which Braga gets writing credits. What seems most impossible about that mission are the odds of pairing a writer who can't write with an actor who can't act.


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RE: This is truly a joyous and pivotal moment in STAR TREK history! | Report this post to moderator
By: spacebeluga (Odo's file, contact) @ 18:34:27 on May 25, 2004

The title of your post maid me crack up, LOL.

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